Torneo de la URBA

Top 12
Organising body
  • URBA (1995–Present)
  • UAR (1899–1994)
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899)
RegionBuenos Aires Province
Rosario
Number of teams12
Qualifier forNacional de Clubes
Related competitionsTorneo del Interior
Current championsAlumni (2024)
Most successful club(s)C.A. San Isidro
(33 titles)
Television broadcastersESPN
Websiteurba.org.ar/top-12

The URBA Top 12 (formerly "Torneo de la URBA")[1] is an Argentine rugby union club competition organised by the Buenos Aires Rugby Union (URBA). It is the top division of the Argentine rugby league system. Created on 10 April 1899 by the "River Plate Rugby Union" (current Argentine Rugby Union – UAR),[2] the Top 13 is the oldest rugby competition in South America and one of the oldest club competitions in the world.

Top 12 is one of the country's two main club competitions, along with Torneo del Interior, where clubs from the rest of the Provinces of Argentina take part. The championship runs from March to October.[3]

Despite being from the city of Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Atlético del Rosario take part in Top 12 as founding member of the UAR. The other clubs from Rosario compete in tournaments organised by the Rosario governing body.

  1. ^ El URBA Top 13 tiene fixture confirmado para la temporada 2022 on ESPN Argentina, Dec 2021
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hechos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ La URBA presenta el fixture para el Top 12 del 2019, Marca, 7 Dec 2018